Fahad Alnaeem

Chief Executive Officer

Fahad Alnaeem has been chief executive of SIDF Investment Company since September 2023, with more than eighteen years of experience in private equity and investment banking. He began his career as an investment banker at Morgan Stanley, then worked in private equity at Sanabil Investments, owned by the Public Investment Fund, served as investment director at Dussur, the Saudi Arabian Industrial Investments Company, as chief investment officer at Nusaned, the investment arm affiliated with SABIC, and as deputy minister for sector investment development at the Ministry of Investment. He holds an MBA from Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and a bachelor's degree in finance from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, alongside executive programmes at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School. He serves on national boards and committees including the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program, the Kafalah SME loan guarantee programme and Monsha'at, the Small and Medium Enterprises General Authority, and sits on the investment committees of Saudi Electronic University and the Aseer Development Authority.